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856 F.3d 27 · 2017

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
June 2025
most recently cited

6 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229 (§ 239 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229C (§ 240b of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · William Marbury v. James Madison

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “they afford aliens distinct types of benefits. In particular, asylum, though obtainable upon a less-demanding showing, 'affords broader benefits' to the recipient than does withholding of removal.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “apply the principles of deference described in Chevron, USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 , 842 . . . (1984).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “if the implementing agency's construction is reasonable, Chevron requires a federal court to accept the agency's construction of the statute.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.